THEMATIC WORKING GROUPS, Friday 9 May
Thematic group 1.
From Social Exclusion to Participation
994 Hall, First floor
The general aim and idea of this working session is to get to know each other better (different actors in the Baltic Sea Region), to discuss different angles and points of view concerning social exclusion and participation, for instance some of the following questions:
- What do we talk about when we talk about social exclusion or marginalisation? Who is excluded? By whom? What are the alternatives? Are there different kinds of interpretations of social exclusion in different parts of the Baltic Sea Region?
- What is the role of NGOs in cooperation with the public sector in providing social services?
- The role of "non-organised" civic activities (i.e. outside of traditional NGOs). Empowerment of (in) local communities
- Poverty as a cause of social exclusion.
- Can we prevent exclusion by changing the structures of society? What should be done?
- How can we help different actors to find each other and combine resources for promotion of participation?
How do we understand the concepts of participation and inclusion?
| 9.00 | Social Exclusion and NGOs |
| How is the concept of social exclusion understood in different parts of the Baltic Sea region; who are in the greatest risk and why; what are the risks that can cause social exclusion? | |
| Moderators | |
| Anna Skvortsova, Russia (Coordinator, Finnish-Russian Cooperation Network
"NGOs for Better Social Welfare and Health") Kirsi-Maria Manninen, Finland, (Managing Director, Helsinki Mother and Child Home Association) | |
| Key note speakers | |
| Marita Ruohonen, Member of the Executive Committee, European Anti-Poverty Network: "Poverty and Inclusion from the European NGO Perspective" | |
| Yakov Gilinsky, Professor, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences: "Problems of Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary Russia" | |
| 10.30 | Short presentations: |
| How do the NGOs understand social exclusion and what kind of exclusion or people at risk the NGOs are working with. | |
| Poland: "Polish homelessness in the context of social exclusion" Piotr Olech, Pomeranian Forum in Aid of Getting Out of Homelessness. | |
| Denmark: "European workers between global production and social fragmentation" Jens Borking, Vice chairman, Carpenters Union, Copenhagen | |
| Finland: "Including children? Developing a coherent approach to
child poverty and social exclusion across Europe" Jari Virtanen, Special adviser, Save the Children Finland Russia: "Children with disabilities" Vladimir Zakharov, GAOORDI - St. Petersburg Association of the Organizations of the Parents of Handicapped Children | |
| Germany:"Poverty and Social Exclusion in Schleswig-Holstein; short
report from the Deaconia-Conference in 2001" Doris Scheer, Diakonisches Werk Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Lithuania: "Telephone consulting as means for preventing suicides in Lithuania: experience and future plans" Ms. Ingrida Gonak, Kaunas Vitautas Magnus University and Klaipeda Social and Psychological Service Center. | |
| DISCUSSION | |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Starting afternoon with music: singing group Jingle Bells from Estonia |
| Exclusion and inclusion "What problems do we face when we talk about exclusion and inclusion? Whom can one call excluded? How can participation be enhanced?" | |
| Moderators: Alice Bah, journalist, Sweden Juha Eskelinen, General secretary, Save the Children Finland | |
| Key note speaker: Tuula Helne, Senior Researcher, Ph.D, The Social Insurance Institution of Finland "Including the excluded: whom, where and why?" | |
| 14.45 | Short presentations: |
| How can NGOs promote participation of all citizens and in particular those in danger of being excluded from the society? "Success stories": | |
| Sweden: "Social adaptation of ex-prisoners" Christer Karlsson, chairman of CRIS ("Criminals' Return into Society"-project) Estonia:"How to increase participation of the elderly" Aili Kogerman, Comission of elderly politics at Social ministry Finland: "Social enterprise as a model for employing people locally - experiences of an "Equal" -project" Iina Oilinki, researcher, University of Helsinki, Palmenia Centre for Research and Continuing Education Sweden/Estonia: "HIV and drug abuse in two neighbouring countries - two different pictures, much to learn from each other" Claes Heijbel, chairman Convictus Sweden, Julia Vinckler, projectleader Convictus Estonia | .|
| DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS | |
| 16.30 | End of the thematic session |
Updated 20.05.2003
